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When Goliaths Clash: Reader Feedback

When Goliaths has been selected as one of the top 30 best business books of 2003 by  Soundview Executive Book Summaries and is available in bookstores or can be ordered directly from Amazon.com.

"One of the greatest challenges facing today's organization is to ensure that its top management team is a cohesive, strategically aligned force for change. When Goliaths Clash should be read by all executives intent on turning dysfunctional conflict into honest, open debate; defining clear roles and accountabilities; and growing business relationships that produce results and success."

    - Robert A. Lutz, Vice Chairman, Product Development and Chairman, General Motors North America, General Motors Corporation
"You will come away from this book with a proven process - but not a cookie-cutter solution - for building high-performance organizations and harnessing the creative forces of hard-charging leaders at every level."
    - Carol J. Hamilton, President and General Manager L'Oreal Paris Division, a division of L'Oreal USA, Inc.
"When Goliaths Clash will help many top management teams and their organizations move from lackluster to top performance. Guttman captures the insights, processes, and techniques that have transformed clashing Goliaths into goal-directed, productive contributors."
    - Chuck Nesbit, President & CEO, Sara Lee Intimate Apparel and Hosiery, and Vice President, Sara Lee Corporation
"When Goliaths Clash is a book written from the trenches. It is practical, hard hitting, and provides lessons in leadership and conflict management that are applicable to leaders in a variety of business situations."
    - Marc Robinson, President, Pfizer Consumer Healthcare, Pfizer Inc.
"Too many organizations are consumed fighting internal battles rather than marketplace competitors. When Goliaths Clash shows executives how to bear down on business results, keep organizational energy directed at winning in the marketplace, and lift the fog surrounding the goal of creating high-performance teams."
    - Carol Zilm, Worldwide President, Cordis Endovascular, a Johnson & Johnson company